Brigitte Heike Meissner is a retired German athlete. She competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles, but also spent two seasons specializing in the 800 metres. Notable achievements include a silver medal at the 2002 European Championships, medals in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1994 European Championships and the 1997 World Indoor Championships and a fourth place at the 1995 World Championships.
Nikolina Pavlova Shtereva is a retired Bulgarian middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 and 1500 metres. She is best known for her silver medal in 800 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and at the European Indoor Championships she won gold medals in 1976 and 1979 and a bronze medal in 1981. She won fourteen national titles in Bulgaria, and is still the Bulgarian record holder in the 800 metres.
Andrey Valeryevich Zadorozhniy is a Russian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. His sole major international medal was a bronze at the 1998 European Indoor Championships. He won five national titles in the 1500 m at the Russian Athletics Championships, between 1997 and 2002, and four national titles indoors, including had a 1500 m/3000 metres double at the 2003 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships.
Maria Cristina Grosu-Mazilu is a Romanian long-distance runner.
Andrea Giocondi is an Italian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
Wu Tao is a Chinese discus thrower.
Rizak Dirshe is a Swedish middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres and the 1500 metres. He represented the sports clubs Skellefteå AIK, Hälle IF and Malmö AI.
Liu Qing is a Chinese middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.
Yevgeniy Meleshenko is a Kazakhstani hurdler.
Sompote Suwannarangsri is a retired sprint athlete who competed internationally for Thailand.
Totka Nikolaeva Petrova is a retired female middle distance runner who represented Bulgaria in the 1970s and the early 1980s. She specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres, and won numerous international medals. She is still the Bulgarian 1500 metres record holder.
Vesela Yatsinska (Bulgarian: Весела Яцинска, née Tasheva is a retired Bulgarian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres.
Amar Brahmia is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres, who is now the national long-distance track coach of Algeria. He is the brother of Nacer and Baki Brahmia, both of whom also competed internationally.
Abderrahmane Morceli is a retired Algerian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.
Abdulrahman Suleiman is a Qatari middle-distance runner who specialises in both the 800 metres and 1500 metres. He was the 2002 Asian champion over 1500 m and represented Qatar at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Henryk Jan Szordykowski was a Polish runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.
Dmitriy Anatolyevich Bogdanov is a Russian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. His personal best times are 1:44.33 minutes in the 800 metres and 46.50 seconds in the 400 metres.
Andrés Manuel Díaz is a former Spanish middle-distance runner. He represented Spain at the Olympics in 1996 and 2000 and was the bronze medallist over 1500 metres at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Mohammad Mutlak Khalif Al-Azemi is a Kuwaiti middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. His 800 m personal bests of 1:44.13 minutes outdoors and 1:48.93 minutes indoors are the Kuwaiti records for the event. He represented his nation at the Olympic Games in 2004, 2008 and 2012, and has also made four appearances at the World Championships in Athletics.
Justinas Beržanskis is a Lithuanian steeplechase runner.
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